Book match manufacturing



06f 24, M p Z BOOK MATCH MANUFACTURING Filed April 1. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l MlCHA/L G. PELIPETZ INVENTOR WJM MW ATTORNEY 1933- M. G. PELIPETZ BOOK MATCH MANUFACTURING 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 1, 1932 M ICHA IL 6'. P51. IPE rz INVENTOR BY 29A, fla'wwuf ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 24, 1933 NT OFFHCE PAT I BOOK MATCH MANUFACTURING Michail G. Pelipetz, New York, N..Y., assignor of one-half to Peter N. Y.

L. Doodchenko, New York,

Application April 1, 1932. Serial No. 602,545

13 Claims. (01. 144-51) My invention relates to book match manufacturing and has a particular reference to manufacturing book matches from paper board by a continuous process. h

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for making books of paper matches rapidly and in large quantities, by a series of continuous operations, from a large sheet of cardboard or similar material.

In order to render my machine entirely automatic, I also include an automatic drier into the chain of devices successively performing the manufacturing operations. I was enabled to reduce the size of my drier and the time of drying by the use of quick drying compositions for the tips of matches. For this purpose I use cellulose or cellulose compounds and derivatives as solu tions with volatile solvents. I further provide means to recover the evaporated solvents and to use them again in my process.

My invention is more fully described in the accompanying specification and drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my machine, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a detail View of a match cutting device, Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of same, Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a spreading device, Fig. 6 is a side view of same, Fig. 7 is an end view of same, Fig. 8 is an end View of a dipping device, and Fig. 9 is an end View of a coating device for the tips of the matches.

My machine consists of a roll or cylinder -1 with a wide sheet 2 of paper board or similar material used for themanufacture of book matches. The paper from the roll 1 is supported on a guiding roll 3 and then passes under slitting knives 4 being pulled by rolls 5. The thereby formed paper strips 6 are pulled by rolls 7 and then pass between vertical guiding rollers 8 and over horizontal supporting roller 9. Endless chains 10 are supported above the strips 6. The links of these chains have spring clips 11 (Figs. 6 and 7), which are forced over the edge of the paper strips 6 when the latter become wedged between the chains and the roller 9. The clips, being firmly clamped over the strips, hold the latter until their release by the sprockets 12 at the other end of the chain. The chain sprockets 12 are rotated by a suitable motor (not shown) at the rate of speed corresponding to the rotation of the rolls 3 and 5.

An open'vessel. 13 is supported under the strips 6 and contains melted paraffin or a similar dipping substance. It may be heated by any ordi nary suitable heater (not shown). Discs. 14 are rotatively supported with a shaft 15 in bearings 16 at the end walls of the vessel 13. Rotary cutters- 17 are supported on vertical shafts 18 rotatively mounted in supporting plates or brackets 19 supported on a frame 76 with Worm gears 20 engaged by worms 21 and driven by a suitable motor (not shown) at the rate of speed corresponding to the speed of the conveyor chains 10. The cutters 17 represent knives placed between spacing tapered blocks 22 with tapered ends 65,

23 clamped with bushings 24 against collars 25 on the shafts 18. Rollers 26 support the paper stripsdagainst the knives 17 and are provided with slots 27 for the edges of the knives. These roll rs may be made of metal orof some elastic material like rubber, in which case'they may be made without the slots 27, allowing the knife edges to sink into the rubber.

A nut 28 holds the knives with wedges 22 against the collar 25 on the shaft 18. I

A sharp pointed spreader 29 is placed in the path of the strip 6 with match sticks 30. The spreader is rotatively mounted on a shaft 31 and has a fork 32 at its lower end with a cam 33 placed inside of the fork and mounted on a shaft 90 34. Guiding rollers 35 supported on the frame 76 support the sides of the strip 6 above the spreader 29. The shafts 31 and 34 are mounted in brackets 77 on a frame 78.

The strips 6 with the chains 10 pass through slots 36 into an enclosed drier 37 shown in Fig. 2 with the cover removed. A vessel or tank 38 is supported at the rear of the drier and has discs 39 fastened on a shaft 40 supported in bearings 41. The container 38 has a coating composition 42 which is supplied through a tubular feeder 43 with a screw 44 inside, The air for the drier is preheated by an ai heater 45, which may be of any ordinary construction, gas or electric,,the air being blown in by a blower 46. The exhaust air is sucked by an exhaust blower 47 which blows the air through a chamber 48 connected with a condenser coil 49 cooled by circulating water 50 (or similar me dium) passing through a cooling chamber 51 through pipes 52 and 53. The condensate from the air can be drawn through a pet cook 54 into a tank 55. The cooledair passes through a pipe 56 inside of the chamber 48 into the'heater 45.

A roll 57 supports the strips 6 after they leave the chain 10. The strips form deep loops and are doubled up, one overthe other, then they are placed between horizontal guiding rollers 59 into spaces between feed rollers 58. The doubled the rotating discs 39. in a bath 42 consisting of a coating composition strips then are fed into a machine for making match books (not shown).

The operation of my machine is as follows.

The paper sheet 1 is slit into continuous strips 6 by the slitting circular knives 4. The strips are turned at right angles by the guiding rolls 8 and pass vertically over guide rollers (or a single roll) 9 under chains 10. The spring clips 11 are forced over the edge of each strip thereby engaging it. The chains 10 carry the vertically suspended strips in a horizontal direction successively through the match making operations including the drier 37.

The first operation consists in cutting match sticks on the lower or free edge of each strip. This is accomplished by means of the rotary cut ters 17 The strip with. the match sticks 30 then passes between rotating discs 14 immersed in melted paraflin '75 or similar dipping substance. Parafiin adheres to the sides of the discs and is carried with them upward as shown in Fig. 13 over the lower portions of the sticks 30.

The rotation of the shaft 34 is timed so that for each oscillation of the spreader 29 the strip 6 advances a distance equal to the width of one match stick. The spreader, therefore, with each movement bends out one match stick at a time,

. alternately to the right and to the left of the advancing strip, as shown in Fig; 7.

Upon entering the drying chamber 37 the strips with match sticks spread out pass between These discs are immersed for the tips of matches. I use for this composition a thick solution of gelatinized cellulosein a volatile solvent, such as acetone, amyl alcohol etc. The solution being rather thick, it rises high between the discs 39 (Fig. 14), although these discs are placed at a sufficient distance apart to let the strips 6 pass with the match sticks spread apart.

The length of the drier 37 is such that the coating on the matches becomes dry when they leave the drier. The hot air saturated with the Vaporized solvent is exhausted by the fan 47 and is blown through the heat exchanging chamber 48 into the condenser coil 49. The condensate is drawn through the pet cook 54, and the cooled air passes through the pipe 56, first into the heat exchanger 48, where the air becomes preheated by the exhaust air, then through the heater 45 and is blown by the blower 46 into the front end of the drier 37.

The strips upon leaving the drier 3'7 become also disengaged from the conveyor chains 10 and are turned over at right angles in passing over the supporting roll 57. The strips are then dropped down to form loops before they are through the match making operations is continuous,-the feed rolls 58 operate intermittently as may be required by the operation of a match book making machine (not shown).

My machine is especially suitable for applying waterproof striking coating on the tips of the matches. For this purpose I am using solution of cellulose in volatile solvents, which are evaporated in the drier 3'7, the vapors being carried away with the exhaust air. They are then condensed and recovered for further use with the coating composition. Acetone can be use-d for this purpose, also amyl alcohol and similar solvents. Gelatinized cellulose is dissolved in acetone and is fed into the tank 38 by an auger feeder 44. The solution must be of a sufiicient viscosity to be carried upward between the discs 39 and up to the tips of the match sticks.

In order to reduce the evaporation from the tank or container 38, it is placed outside of the drying zone. The latter is determined by the space between the intake pipe from the blower 46 and the exhaust to the blower 47.

I claim as my invention:

l. A process of making book matches, consisting in slitting a sheet of match material into a plurality of strips, turning said strips at right angles to said sheet, cutting match sticks at one side of said strips, dipping and spreading said sticks, coating the ends of said sticks, drying said strips with said sticks, and continuously moving said sheet and said strips while performing said operations. V g

" 2. A process of making book matches, consisting in feeding a sheet of match material, slitting said material into a plurality of strips, turning said strips at an angle with said sheet, continuously moving said strips, cutting match sticks at one side of said strips, dipping and spreading said sticks, coating the ends of said sticks, drysaid coating, laying said strips with matches in pairs side by side, and feeding said pairs of strips into a match book making machine.

3. A process of making book matches, consisting in feeding a sheet of match material, slitting said material into a plurality of continuous strips, turning said strips into a substantial- 1y vertical position, supporting and continuously moving said strips by their upper edges, 'cutting match sticks on the lower sides of said strips, dipping and spreading said sticks, coating the ends of said sticks with a composition containing volatile solvents, drying said sticks with said coating, recovering the evaporated solvents from the air used in drying, and recirculating the air after extraction of solvents through said dryer.

4. A process of making book matches, consisting in feeding a sheet of match materialin a substantially horizontal position, slitting said material into a plurality of continuous strips, turning said strips into a substantially vertical position supporting and continuously moving said strips by their upper edges, cutting match sticks on the lower sides of said strips, dipping and spreading said sticks, coating the ends of said sticks, drying said strips with said sticks, turning said strips into a horizontal position, and laying said sticks in pairs cne on top of the other, preparatory to making match books.

5. A process of making book matches, consisting in forming strips of match material, supporting and moving said strips by their edges,continuously cutting match sticks on the free edges of said strips, dipping and spreading said sticks, coating the ends of said sticks with a composition containing volatile solvents, drying said strips with said sticks, and recovering evaporated solvents from the air used for drying.

6. In a machine for making book matches, the combination with a means iorfeeding a sheet of book match material in a substantially horizontal position, of means for slitting said sheet into continuous strips, means for turning said strips at an angle, means for supporting and moving said strips by one of their edges, means for form ing match sticks at the free edges of 's'aid'strips,

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means for dipping and coating said sticks, means for drying said strips with said sticks, means for guiding said strips side by side in pairs, and means for delivering said strips into a machine for making match books.

7. In a machine for making book matches, the combination with a means for feeding a sh et of book match material in a substantially horizontal position, of means for slitting said sheet into continuous strips, means for turning said strips in a vertical direction, means for supporting said strips by their upper edges,means for continuously movingsaidstrips bysaid supporting means, means for forming match sticks at the lower edges of said strips, means for dipping and coating said sticks, a drier for said strips with said match sticks, means to circulate heated air through said drier, means to recover volatile substances from said air upon its exhaust from said heater, means to turn said strips with said dried match sticks into a horizontal position guiding every two strips one on top of the other, and means for delivering said strips to a machine for match books.

8. In a machine for making be i: matches, the combination with means for preparing strips of match material, match making devices comprising means for cut ing match sticks on the of said strips, means for dipping, coating and drying said sticks, a plurality of conveyors in coordination with said match making devices, means to feed said strips under said conveyors, and clamps on said conveyors adapted to engage automatically said strips by their marginal edges and to move continuously said strips through said match making devices.

9. In a machine for making book matches, the combination with means for preparing a con-- tinuous strip of match material, of means for vertically supporting said strip by its upper edge and for continuously moving saidstrip in a horizontal direction, a rotary means for cutting match sticks on the free edge of strip, means for dipping said sticks, a spreading member adapted to engage the lower portions of said sticks, means to reciprocate said member in a direction transverse to the movement or said strip, said member being adapted to engage successively sticks to bend alternately said sticks in the opposite directions irom the plane of said strip thereby spreading said sticks, means to coat the lower ends of sticks, and means to dry said sticks while said strips are being moved by said supporting and moving means. I

10. In a machine for making matches, the combination with a means for feeding a sheet of a book match material in a substantially horizontal position, of means for slitting said sheet into continuous strips, means for turning said strips at an angle, means for supporting and continuously moving said strips by their upper edges, means for forming match sticks at the lower edges 01" said strips, means for dipping and coating said sticks, means for drying said strips with said sticks, means for guiding said strips with the matches side by side in pairs, and means for delivering said pairs to a book manufacturing machine.

11. In a machine for making matches, the combination with a means for delivering a sheet of matchmaking material in a substantially horizontal position, of means for slitting said sheet into a plurality of strips, means for turning said strips into a substantially vertical position, a plurality of conveyors supported above said strips, resilient clamps on said conveyors, said conveyors with said clamps being. adapted to hold said strips and to move them continuously in a horizontal direction, means to out match sticks on the free edges of said strips, means to coat and to dip said sticks, means to dry said dipped sticks, said clamps being adapted to so releasably hold said strips that the divergence of the course of said clamps, when said drying operation is completed, from that of said strips causes the release of said strips, and means to deliver said strips to a match book making machine.

12. In a machine for making matches, the combination with means for preparing strips of match material, of meansfor supporting said strips by their upper edges and for continuously moving said strips, means for cutting match sticks on said strips, a container for a clipping composition, rolls rotatively mounted above the level of said composition, said strips being supported by said conveyors between the upper portions of said rolls, said rolls being adapted to be rotated at a speed corresponding to the viscosity of said composition and tothe distance between themso as to entrain said composition to a height between the rolls suflicient to cover the tips of said sticks and means to dry said sticks with said composition, .said conveyor clamps being adapted to so releasably hold said strips that the divergence of the source of said clamps, when said drying operation is completed, from that of said strips causes the release of said strips.

13. In a machine for making matches, the combination with a means for feeding a sheet of match material in a substantially horizontal position, of means for slitting said material into continuous strip, means for turning said strips at an angle, means for upporting and moving said strips by one of their edges, means for forming match sticks at the free edges of said strips,

means for coating said sticks with a composition containing volatile solvents, means for drying said sticks by evaporating said solvents, means to recover said solvents, means for guiding said strips side side in pairs, and means for delivering said strips into a machine for making match books.

. MICHAIL G. PELIPETZ. 

